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    "localId": "128944",
    "label": "Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain",
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    "title": "Palmettes and Birds from a Tunic or Curtain",
    "description": "The symmetrical pattern displays back-to-back green parrots with branches in their beaks and two speckled birds perched on the leaves of a long-stemmed palmette.",
    "date": "500s–600s",
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    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 31.1 x 14 cm (12 1/4 x 5 1/2 in.); Mounted: 36.2 x 20.3 cm (14 1/4 x 8 in.)",
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    "tec": "Silk; complementary weft-faced twill weave with inner warps (samite)",
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    "collection": "T - Coptic",
    "didYouKnow": "These elaborate patterns were woven on large, early looms known as drawlooms that automatically repeated designs across the width of the fabric, often in mirror-image symmetry.",
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    "creditline": "Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund",
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